The global billionaire population rose by 3.3 percent to 3,311 individuals in 2021, with total wealth surging by 17.8 percent to a record $11.8 trillion, according to Altrata and Wealth-X data in their Billionaire Census 2022 report.
Billionaires account for an outsized proportion of global wealth. The 3,311 billionaires around the globe represent just 0.9 percent of the global ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) population — those with $30 million-plus in net worth — yet hold a vast 27.4 percent share of total UHNW wealth.
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